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UNHCR alarmed over recent security incidents at Dadaab
news UNHCR Web Site, 21 Dec 2011 (12 years ago )<P>UNHCR is alarmed by a string of recent security incidents targeting the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya. Dadaab is the world's largest refugee settlement and shelters more than 460,000 people. <P>An explosion on Monday at the Hagadera camp killed one person and seriously injured two p... -
Etiopia: un sogno chiamato tenda
news RSI.ch, 22 Dec 2011 (12 years ago )Il viaggio, la fame, la miseria ... sperando in una nuova vita Un essere umano su sette soffre la fame. Ma se ne parla quasi soltanto in occasione di eventi fuori dal comune, come la siccità di portata eccezionale che ha colpito il Corno d’Africa quest’anno. Aggravata da una situazione di gue... -
Horn of Africa Special/Speciale Corno d'Africa
news RSI/Swiss Radio & Television, 03 Jan 2012 (12 years ago )December 2011 Swiss Television documentary on the situation in Dollo Ado's refugee camps, with particular emphasis on the Transit Centre and newly opened fifth camp, Bur Amino. <P>Italian Language. -
Refugee Camps in the Horn of Africa at Risk
news UNHCR, 13 Jan 2012 (12 years ago )UNHCR is increasingly concerned about insecurity in and around camps hosting hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa. The situation is particularly worrying, complex and tenuous in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya where the threat of improvised explosive devices,... -
Polio Fears in Ethiopian Refugee Camp
news UNHCR, 24 Jan 2012 (12 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 24 January 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is very concerned at reports this week of two suspected poliomyelitis cases among Somali refugee... -
Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid
news Voice of America, 25 Jan 2012 (12 years ago )At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State where Sudanese refugees have sought refuge from violence back home. Sudanese refugees have been crossing the border... -
UNHCR employs alternative strategies in managing the Dadaab camps
news UNHCR Briefing Notes, 27 Jan 2012 (12 years ago )In an effort to maintain operations despite prevailing insecurity and reduced humanitarian access at Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, UNHCR has been exploring ways to ensure uninterrupted assistance and services in the world’s largest refugee settlement. <P>The new measures include stronger and dee... -
DHC, IKEA CEO visited Kobe & Bur Amino camps
news , 14 Feb 2012 (12 years ago )As part of a two-day mission to Ethiopia (9-10 Feb.), UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Alexander T. Aleinikoff and the Chief Executive Officer of IKEA Foundation, Mr. Per Heggenes, visited Kobe and Bur Amino camps on 10 February 2012. The two officials appreciated the progress being made to address Ko... -
Chinese actress seeks to build bridges with Somali refugees
news UNHCR, 11 Apr 2012 (12 years ago )JIJIGA, Ethiopia, April 10 (UNHCR) – Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR's honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the generosity of their hosts in Ethiopia. Yao Chen travelled to Ethiopia last week to meet with Somali refugees... -
Somalia conflict keeps Ethiopia's Dolo Ado refugee camp busy – audio slideshow
news The Guardian, 12 Apr 2012 (12 years ago )Somalia conflict keeps Ethiopia's Dolo Ado refugee camp busy – audio slideshow